Lions are Everyday Heroes Nalin Fernando West Hempstead Lions Club

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Lions are Everyday Heroes Nalin Fernando
West Hempstead Lions Club
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Before the TsunamiMount Lavinia Hotel, Sri Lanka
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After the Tsunami
Receding waters Kalutara Beach, Sri Lanka
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After the Tsunami
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After the Tsunami
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Actions Following the Tsunami

• Dec. 27th 2004
• Vice President Al Brandel reached out
• He offered to help with tsunami relief
• Lions Clubs International Foundation can expedite
  an emergency grant

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Temporary Housing
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After the Tsunami
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December 26th 31st, 2004
CONFIRMED DEATH TOLL

• Sri Lanka 46,000gt
• Indonesia 94,081
• India 9,575
• Thailand 4,500
• Maldives 81
• Malaysia 66
• Burma 59
• Bangladesh 2
• Somalia 114
• Kenya
• Seychelles 3
• Tanzania 10

CNN.COM Jan 3rd .2005
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The Rise of the Everyday Hero

• A country linked in sorrow and mourning
• A community unified to aid the tsunami victims
• Local companies donating food
• Households donating canned and dry goods
• Local Lions front and center

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United Nations and Lions Clubs International
-Vice President Al Brandel and Council Chair
Andy Umreiko met with UNICEF Analyzing RFQ from
Sri Lanka to US Mission for Tents???
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Sri Lanka New York Friendship House
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New York January 2005

• West Hempstead Rockville Centre Lions Clubs
  in New York had a joint meeting

• Together they donated funds to build a house
  in Sri Lanka as part of their Tsunami Relief
  effort

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New York February 2005

• Spoke to young children at the Waldorf School of
  Garden City
• Explained how the Waldorf School of Garden City
  could participate

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Waldorf School May 2005

• Waldorf students organized a fund-raising
  basketball tournament
• The funds raised were enough to donate a house
• Additionally, 2,000 was donated as a educational
  scholarship to the children in the house

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Lions are Everyday Heroes
THANK YOU! Nalin Fernando West Hempstead Lions
Club